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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Respecter of persons?

A man named John

The
quotation "All men are created equal" is arguably the best-known phrase
in any of America's political documents, as the idea it expresses is
generally considered the foundation of American democracy.

Thomas
Jefferson first used the phrase in the Declaration of Independence. None
of Jefferson's biographers or studies of the Declaration accept the
claim that the phrase was suggested by Philip Mazzei, although this
claim has been made by non-scholars.

The opening of the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, states as follows:

"We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

US
President Abraham Lincoln succinctly explained the central importance
of the Declaration to American history in his Gettysburg Address of
1863:

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on
this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal."

The phrase was also quoted by Martin Luther King, Jr. in his famous I Have a Dream speech, as the "creed" of the United States:

"I
have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the
true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal."

Even before all of this a man in the wilderness loudly declared essentially the same idea.

Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, John 1:6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

This
man was no respecter of persons. He knew that of a certainty, all men
are created equal. He gave out his message of the light to all. He bowed
down to no man.
God expects that of us.

Jeremiah 1:4-5Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,Before
I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth
out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto
the nations.

Jeremiah 1:8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

How many times have we deferred speaking out for the Lord because of the status or the stature of others?

I
once found my self working on a new home being built by a man who was
recently retired. He had build a large financial empire that employed
hundreds of men. He got used to the special treatment that others gave
him because of his position in his company and because of his financial
status that he had achieved.
He couldn't understand the insulance of
all of the construction workers who were engaged in the process of
building his mansion. He had no understanding of the independence that
almost all men in construction have.

His wife let me know that he was suffering deep depression and did not understand why. I did...
I
had no greater respect for him anymore then I did for the man who was
picking up the construction trash around the job. Both were equal in my
eyes and worthy of equal treatment and equal respect..

One day
the man asked me to tell him what I thought about how long it would take
to complete his home. The builder had told him that it would take two
years. I told him the truth, it was going to take much longer then that.
Then I told him why he was depressed.

He was used to the position that
he had held for so many years in his business that he had build. He had
grown accustomed to special treatment from others. He had learned to
think of himself as being above them in a sense. He grew to feel that he
was not equal to those around him. This also happens to people who come into wealth at times.

And now here he was retired
around all of these independent construction mavericks who could care less who he was
or what he had achieved or what he possesses . He was no longer respected or honored like he
was accustomed to, and this was a painful reality for him. He thought of himself
in the false way that his position in his company had entitled him to
and made him accustomed to.

I gave him my, "We all came into this world naked and we are all going to leave this world naked" speech.

You
know the only thing that we can take with us is what we did with God's
Son Jesus Christ and how we conducted our lives and how we treated
others while in this world. Sure we can amass power and position over
others. Some men are never satisfied with what they have, always needing
more wealth and more power.

These kind of men are in power
behind the scenes of this earth today. They are currently making their
power moves to end the nations of this earth to establish their one world global
government that they will be the heads of. Little do they realize that
their leader is Satan himself. Nor do most of them realize that the Bible has predicted their actions way before any of them even existed.
The antichrist is at work in the earth today through them.

We see the subtle
and gradual things that they are doing to remove sovereignty and
independence from nations and individuals. How they are doing this is so
simple and so obvious to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

Matthew 16:1-3The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

And
in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and
lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can
ye not discern the signs of the times?The signs of the times? Look around you. See what is going on. See. Hear.The coming of the Lord is at the door.

Evil
is ever increasing. My country, America, is under major attack from
within. Christians have been lulled into complacency, thinking that
there are those who are watching out for their interest when the adverse
is true.

Satan has made great headway in America in the last few years,
right under the noses of Christian leadership. One day they will wake
out of their slumber, but then it will be too late. The works that evil
men have done will be intrenched and undo-able. America's Christian
influence will be handed off to the Chinese Christians like a batton in a
relay race. The Chinese will go out into the Arab nations with the
gospel message.

Matthew 13:12For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even
that he hath.

Why did Jesus say this?
His answer:
Matthew 13:10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

He
answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance:
but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.And
in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye
shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
shall not perceive:For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any
time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and
should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I
should heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

We
watch something happen on TV and we are told one thing when we are
watching another thing. We hear what is happening but we are told we
didn't hear it. We see what is happening, but we are told we are seeing
something else. And we believe what we are told to believe.

Where is our
Christian spiritual discernment? Who are we listening to? Who are we
believing? Our inner witness of the Holy Spirit or the news sources?

As a result we are going to lose. Correct that...we have lost.
Only a matter of time before the gospel batton is handed from America to China...

"For
this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with
their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their
heart..."

I
think that while we are all equal as men. We are not all equal
spiritually. Even those who say that we are, are wrong. Who are you
serving? Are you serving your self or are you serving the Lord? You
decide!

Joshua 24:15And
if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye
will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the
other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

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